‘It is very rare to find a wine, still in good condition, which was made before the French Revolution,’ said Anthony Barne MW.

‘Vin jaune, made in the Jura mountains of Eastern France, is probably the only French wine capable of this longevity.’

‘Vin jaune is made from the rare Savignin grape and owes its longevity to a lengthy period of exposure to oxygen while in cask, protected from a premature demise by a film of the same yeast that occurs in Tokaji Szamorodni and Fino Sherry.’

These wines are some of the oldest preserved wines in the world. Two bottles from the original lot were sold in 2011 and 2012 for €57,000 and €38,000.